The music of language can help suggest a poem's meaning. Discover by reading aloud how sounds and rhythm affect the musicality of a poem, and what the impact is on your reactions.
Paul Verlaine
The effect of Paul Verlaine 's poetry is like that of Impressionist art or music, and his poems are often compared with the paintings of Claude Monet. Verlaine used the sounds and rhythms of French to create richly musical poems, as in Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur.
Composer Claude Debussy was inspired to set sixteen of Verlaine's poems to music, including this one.
Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur
1. D'abord, écoutez la musique de Debussy en regardant ce vidéo. Il s'agit de représenter un poème , un ton mélancolique.
Stéphane Mallarmé.. L'après-midi d'un faune (or The Afternoon of a Faun) is a poem by the French author Stéphane Mallarmé. It is his best-known work and a landmark in the history of symbolism in French literature. It describes the sensual experiences of a faun who has just woken up from his afternoon sleep and discusses his encounters with several nymphs during the morning in a dreamlike monologue. Mallarmé's poem formed the inspiration for the orchestral work Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy and the ballets Afternoon of a Faun by Vaslav Nijinsky, Jerome Robbins and Tim Rushton. The Debussy and Njinsky works would be of great significance in the development of modernism in the arts..
In 1875 and 1876, Mallarme and Manet collaborated on a few notable projects. In 1875, Manet created five drawings reproduced lithographically for Mallarme’s translation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven. Manet’s creations for that collaboration would become some of his best-known drawing. In 1876, Manet produced four drawing for wood engravings illustrating Mallarme’s “L’Apres-midi d’un faune.”(see above)
Les poetes ont fait une contribution énorme a la chanson française. Voici quelques exemples . Pourriez vous composer ou même choisir de la belle musique autour d'un poème? Essayez-le! Trouvez ou dessinez , aussi, un tableau qui va bien avec votre poème.
Paul Verlaine
The effect of Paul Verlaine 's poetry is like that of Impressionist art or music, and his poems are often compared with the paintings of Claude Monet. Verlaine used the sounds and rhythms of French to create richly musical poems, as in Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur.
Composer Claude Debussy was inspired to set sixteen of Verlaine's poems to music, including this one.
Il Pleure Dans Mon Coeur
1. D'abord, écoutez la musique de Debussy en regardant ce vidéo. Il s'agit de représenter un poème , un ton mélancolique.
Ariettes Oubliées III, de Claude Debussy
Ariettes Oubliées III by strangeproduction
2. Maintenant, Ecoutez le poeme, et puis lisez-le .Est-ce que le poème est semblable au tableau de Monet ci-dessous?
Impression, Soleil Levant (Monet)
Autres images/impressions sur vidéo...Comment est-ce qu'on produit les effets de mélancolie dans la musique?
4. Travaillez avec ce poème : lisez l'analyse ici, et faites les exercices. Lisez le poème plusieurs fois a haute voix.
5. Ecoutez, et lisez après, un autre poème bien, bien connu de Verlaine:....Chanson d'automne, de Verlaine
6. Verlaine / Leo Ferre - Art poetique
Debussy a aussi écrit de la musique pour un autre poète : Lisez:
Stéphane Mallarmé..
L'après-midi d'un faune (or The Afternoon of a Faun) is a poem by the French author Stéphane Mallarmé. It is his best-known work and a landmark in the history of symbolism in French literature. It describes the sensual experiences of a faun who has just woken up from his afternoon sleep and discusses his encounters with several nymphs during the morning in a dreamlike monologue. Mallarmé's poem formed the inspiration for the orchestral work Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy and the ballets Afternoon of a Faun by Vaslav Nijinsky, Jerome Robbins and Tim Rushton. The Debussy and Njinsky works would be of great significance in the development of modernism in the arts..
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Ecoutez and lisez le poème
Rudolf Nureyev dança "L'Après-midi d'un Faune", de Debussy
l'amitié entre Mallarmé et Edouard Manet (article en anglais)
In 1875 and 1876, Mallarme and Manet collaborated on a few notable projects. In 1875, Manet created five drawings reproduced lithographically for Mallarme’s translation of Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven. Manet’s creations for that collaboration would become some of his best-known drawing. In 1876, Manet produced four drawing for wood engravings illustrating Mallarme’s “L’Apres-midi d’un faune.”(see above)
Les poetes ont fait une contribution énorme a la chanson française. Voici quelques exemples . Pourriez vous composer ou même choisir de la belle musique autour d'un poème? Essayez-le! Trouvez ou dessinez , aussi, un tableau qui va bien avec votre poème.